Elf: Start with small diamonds, then mutate into Diancie!

At this moment, Su Hao and Bai Du were on the battlefield, while Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng were watching from the sidelines.

There are still some potholes and uneven areas on the field, but they won't have a big impact on the battle; they are mostly areas that haven't been repaired yet.

Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng chose the same area where they had prepared for the match, as the visibility there was quite good.

Li Hua squatted in his familiar spot, watching the two on the field, and muttered to himself in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz: "Indeed, the conditions offered by the White King are very tempting, but a gym-level Pokémon... isn't that still too far away?"

He had no doubt about Su Hao's strength, but the leaps in strength from the elite level onwards were like the difference between heaven and earth.

The further you progress, the harder it becomes to improve your strength. Many high school seniors may have Pokémon with elite-level combat power within six months to a year, but they still need to spend a considerable amount of time to break through to the professional level.

It takes until the second or even third year of university to barely break through.

Like a pyramid, fewer and fewer people will be able to reach the back.

Jiang Chengcheng stared blankly, resting her chin on her hand, and said, "He'll probably send out Little Diamond, right? His Blazing Roaring Tiger is already at the professional level, so Little Diamond, which is even stronger, should also be at the professional level."

"With the advantage of elemental advantage, and if we can recreate the glory of that day in October, we might actually be able to do it."

......

Su Hao understood.

Against opponents with type advantage, as long as the opponent's strength does not exceed the mid or late stage of the Gym level, Diancie can easily defeat them with her early stage Pro level strength.

Diancie is now like an individual among those legendary Pokémon; she's much stronger than ordinary Pokémon, but ultimately her strength is limited.

The outrageous things he did during the Little Diamond era, such as the time he used ten Moon Powers, would be much more difficult to do now.

The reason she was able to "severely injure" the King-level Hydreigon was because she was already seriously injured herself.

At that time, Xerneas's power was secretly at work, but the current Diancie is only slightly different from those divine beasts in the divine beast race who have no authority.

Her strongest ability right now is the talent formed by fusing some of the power of the Radiant God. Su Hao doesn't know how it will develop in the future.

If the previous Little Diamond was a cheat that could unleash ten or a hundred times its power at any time, then the current Diancie is a promising talent with a bright future.

However, even in this "down-and-out" state, Diancie...

It's easy to defeat a Dragon-type Pokémon.

We'll see what kind of Pokémon Lance will send out.

Su Hao felt no tension, only curiosity and fighting spirit.

He was eager to see what made the world's top-ranked superstars so special.

Bai Du toyed with the high-grade ball bearing the family crest of the Dragon Taming Power in his hand, his expression beaming with delight as he asked, "Su Hao, are you ready?"

Su Hao calmly replied, "I'm fine with it, we can start anytime."

"Alright, this time there's no referee. The rules are simple: one-on-one battles. Whoever's Pokémon doesn't lose its ability to battle wins."

After saying that, Lance raised an eyebrow and threw the Ultra Ball in his hand: "I will send out the Pokémon in advance, so you can choose the Pokémon from your team."

Sending out a Gym Leader-level Pokémon was already considered bullying, so it was reasonable for Su Hao to know the type of Pokémon in advance.

Under the flashing red light, a Pokémon with blue wing membranes and huge bat wings that were black inside and purple outside appeared on the field.

This Pokémon has huge ears, a ring of white fur around its neck, and two red claws at the tips of its bat wings.

His name is Noivern. Although Noivern's appearance is more like a bat, he is indeed different from Charizard, Gyarados, and Aerodactyl. He is a true Dragon-type Pokémon with the Flying/Dragon attribute.

Noivern immediately exuded an overwhelming sense of pressure upon its appearance, its high-pitched roar almost piercing through the empty arena and reaching beyond.

This sense of oppression... or perhaps "intense pressure" would be a more appropriate term.

Even Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng could feel the surging, domineering dragon's might filling the entire arena.

Pokémon of other types with slightly weaker abilities may even malfunction due to this pressure, and some may even lose their will to fight.

The dragon-like aura of Noivern upon its appearance demonstrates the unique nature of Dragon-type Pokémon.

This is one of the reasons why Dragon-type Pokémon are so popular.

Du's eyes seemed to burn with flames, and his right arm swung unconsciously as he excitedly said, "Come on, release your Pokémon and let me see your strength!"

He was very much looking forward to seeing how far Su Hao could go.

The Dragon Messenger, Bai Du, challenges you!

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Sonic Dragon.

Chapter 218 Her name is Diancie

"Come on, release your Pokémon and let me see your strength!"

Su Hao chuckled and said, "As you wish."

He took the top-ranked luxury ball and tossed it into the air. After the red light solidified, a dazzling, radiant figure appeared on the battlefield.

The surrounding light seemed to be drawn to her the moment she appeared, and the pink diamond, more beautiful than any diamond Bai Du had ever seen, further proclaimed her presence.

Du's expression froze, his lips slightly parted: "What... kind of Pokémon is this?"

Based on his years of experience and knowledge, he had never seen or heard of this Pokémon, which had a beautiful appearance and temperament and gave people the first impression of being a dazzling princess.

Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng, standing to the side, were even more exaggerated. Their expressions were even less dramatic than Jie Wei's Emperor Naboo; the question marks on their heads almost materialized.

After Diancie appeared, she was overjoyed and gracefully greeted the person opposite her.

Hehe, finally it's my turn!

But why is the other side reacting so strangely?

Su Hao said with a smile, "Her name is Diancie, the evolved form of my starter Pokémon, Diamondback."

The mutation was difficult to explain, so he decided to refer to Diancie as the evolved form of Little Diamond from now on, but the conditions for its evolution were unknown.

Bai Du exclaimed in surprise, "An evolved form!?"

"Is it like the evolved forms or regional forms of those recently discovered Pokémon?"

As far as he knew, the Pokémon Diamond Smash, like Heracross, Pinsir, and Reddra, did not have an evolution.

Currently, the most reasonable explanation is the emergence of other evolutionary forms or new evolutions of Pokémon that have recently appeared along with the spacetime distortion phenomenon.

But Su Hao said that this was his starter Pokémon, the Shiny Diamond that evolved from it.

"Have the conditions for evolution been clarified?" Although Bai Du was shocked, his years of experience in handling unexpected situations allowed him to quickly calm down.

It's just a new evolution; new ones will appear every now and then.

"You should also know my mother. She's still investigating, and it's not clear yet," Su Hao said, reciting his prepared lines.

Bai Du was shocked for a moment but calmed down as expected, since he didn't know that Diancie was a phantom beast.

Before Diancie Queen was born, as long as Su Hao didn't mention it and the legendary Pokémon who knew Diancie didn't say anything, everyone would think that Diancie was just a relatively rare evolved form.

"Shall we continue the battle?" Su Hao asked.

Bai Du raised an eyebrow and calmly said, "While I am shocked that Little Diamond has an evolved form, I am more curious about how you will use this early-stage professional-level Diancie to fight against my Noivern."

"Attribute advantage is important, but how effective is it when there is a significant difference in strength?"

Su Hao was not intimidated and responded to Bai Du's pre-match trash talk with a radiant smile: "Why don't we try and see?"

Meanwhile, he mentally noted in a small notebook that the pre-match conversation was already the beginning of the contest, and accurately hitting the opponent's weak points could affect the opponent's state during the match.

As expected of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Divine Continent Alliance, they pay attention to so many small details before the battle. I've learned a lot.

I can try it out tomorrow.

"Good lad, are you going to attack first?" Bai Du didn't dislike Su Hao's attitude. If a trainer doesn't have confidence, he might as well go home and farm!

The current Shenzhou Alliance needs energetic young people like Su Hao.

Confidence is the key to success!

"How about we start the battle as soon as this coin lands?" Su Hao pulled a coin out of his pocket and gestured.

Bai Du was taken aback, but the smile on his face remained almost constant, showing none of the coldness he displayed on television: "Okay, as you wish."

This Su Hao is much more interesting than the information suggests; he seems to be deliberately pursuing equality in combat.

No further words were needed. Su Hao flicked the coin with his right thumb, sending it flying in a graceful parabola as it landed with a crisp, pleasant sound.

High school senior Su Hao vs. Shenzhou Alliance's current Dragon-type King Bai Du, the battle begins!

"Dance of the Dragon!"

"Activate the double walls!"

Both sides issued commands simultaneously and, without prior agreement, chose to change their tactics.

A captivating light shone in the eyes of the Soundwave Dragon. With a flap of its wings, it soared ten meters into the air. A dragon's roar resounded, and the Soundwave Dragon danced a mysterious and enchanting dance in the air.

A moment later, a red light appeared, indicating that Noivern's Attack and Speed ​​increased by 1.

At the same time, Diancie raised her hands in front of her, and within a few breaths, two walls of light with different effects appeared.

Reflective walls that reduce physical damage and light walls that reduce special damage.

Generally speaking, Pokémon cannot use Thunder Punch in their left hand and Fire Punch in their right hand simultaneously. However, Diancie has been exposed to these two moves since she was young, and she can easily set up two walls by moving them one after the other with an almost imperceptible time difference.

Noivern has a high overall speed. Although its attack and special attack are not high, it has the potential to be a dual attacker, so you have to defend against both.

Du chose to use a probing move: "Ultrasonic!"

Everything about Diancie was unknown to him. He could only speculate from experience that Little Diamond would still be Rock/Fairy after evolving, but he couldn't be sure about its ability.

Small diamonds have two main characteristics: they are consistently clean and robust.

The former will not have its abilities reduced by special features or moves, while the latter prevents effects such as one-hit kills.

Furthermore, the ultrasound from the Sonic Dragon is quite different from ordinary ultrasound.

Noivern reacted instantly after Bai Du gave the command.

From the enormous ears atop the sonic dragon soaring through the air, invisible ultrasonic waves immediately emanated, attacking Diancie.

Su Hao's calm voice came from the waveguide: "Ignore him, control the earth!"

The ultrasonic waves arrived in an instant; it seems that the speed-enhancing effect of Dragon Dance even affected the speed at which the moves were released.